Frasi di Edward Abbey
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Edward Paul Abbey è stato uno scrittore statunitense, noto per il suo interesse per l'ambiente e l'ecologia.

Tra i suoi scritti più famosi si può citare I sabotatori che divenne il testo ispiratore di molti movimenti ambientalisti e dei cosiddetti ecoterroristi, lo stesso titolo venne usato come neologismo per definire l'azione di sabotaggio contro le cosiddette corporation a salvaguardia dell'ambiente e degli spazi incontaminati. Wikipedia  

✵ 29. Gennaio 1927 – 14. Marzo 1989
Edward Abbey: 156 citazioni12 Mi piace

Edward Abbey frasi celebri

“Sentimento senza azione è la rovina dell'anima.”

Edward Abbey

Deserto solitario

Edward Abbey Frasi e Citazioni

“La violenza è americana quanto la torta di mele.”

Edward Abbey

Origine: Da I sabotatori.

“Equilibrio, questo è il segreto. Moderato estremismo.”

Edward Abbey

Origine: Da Bedrock and Paradox.

Edward Abbey: Frasi in inglese

“Most academic economists know nothing of economy. In fact, they know little of anything.”

Edward Abbey

Origine: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 97

“We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may not ever need to go there.”

Edward Abbey libro Desert Solitaire

"The Heart of Noon", p. 116
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“Nothing could be older than the daily news, nothing deader than yesterday's newspaper.”

Edward Abbey

Origine: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100

“Poor Hayduke: won all his arguments but lost his immortal soul.”

Edward Abbey libro The Monkey Wrench Gang

The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)

“Business: Busyness.”

Edward Abbey

Origine: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100

“God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.”

Edward Abbey

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.”

Edward Abbey

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.”

Edward Abbey

Origine: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 97

“There is no situation so bad that the cops can't make it worse.”

Edward Abbey libro Hayduke Lives

Hayduke Lives (1990)

“The plow has probably done more harm — in the long run — than the sword.”

Edward Abbey

Origine: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100

“An empty man is full of himself.”

Edward Abbey

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.”

Edward Abbey

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“All living things on earth are kindred.”

Edward Abbey libro Desert Solitaire

"Serpents of Paradise", p. 22
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“With the neutron bomb, which destroys life but not property, capitalism has found the weapon of its dreams.”

Edward Abbey

Origine: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100

“A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.”

Edward Abbey libro Hayduke Lives

Hayduke Lives (1990)

“One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.”

Edward Abbey libro The Monkey Wrench Gang

Seldom Seen Smith, page 313
The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)

“One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.”

Edward Abbey

Origine: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 97

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